October 20, 2026, 4:37 PMRSSRU

Vladimir Ignatov

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Vladimir Ignatov, born 1951, Tyumen Oblast. Charges: Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting in terrorist activities); “Case of "USSR Citizens" in the Tyumen region”. Sentenced on October 30, 2023. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since June 10, 2021.

In brief

Tyumen Oblast · Tyumen · Terrorism cases

Sentence

Imprisonment (general regime)

Verdict October 30, 2023

Upheld March 4, 2026

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, being an active supporter of the idea that the Russian Federation should cease to exist illegally, he participated in a public movement aimed at reviving the former USSR state in Russia and disseminated information about it on the Internet; wishing to violently overthrow the State power in the Russian Federation, he became a member of an organised group whose goal was the violent seizure of state power and the violent replacement of the consitutional state order of Russia with self-proclaimed USSR bodies; the group included supporters of the idea of illegality of the USSR collapse involved in the group by convincing, persuading, demanding or making offers in the Internet.

Latest event

March 4, 2026 — appeal

The court upheld the verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  2. · Imprisonment begins

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

  4. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  5. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

  6. · Persecution begins

    Case of "USSR Citizens" in the Tyumen region

Criminal case

Case of "USSR Citizens" in the Tyumen region

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A resident of the Tyumen Region. On 10 June 2021, he was taken into custody on charges of incitement to terrorist activity as part of the "USSR citizens" case. On 30 October 2023, Ignatov was sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime colony.

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